True Love 101 discussion

Let us know what you're reading... We want to know.

Excited to be here!

me too! I'm currently reading .

Yay! :D I am nervous but can't wait to see what you think.

I'm liking it so far. It's different. How often can you say that you're reading a book where the romance starts in a mental institution! Ha!

Kay, I might join you... I think I have that loaded on my Kindle off to check.

Welcome Ladies!!

LOL Kay, very true.

Kay and Stacia to answer your question in the other thread, Stacia I don't think you did it wrong, Amazon just doesn't take the book back at all. I had a book on my kindle for over a year. Not sure if the Fire is different. It is a nice perk, I don't use it enough.

Leea I am glad you loved Izzy's book -- I am so far behind but just excited to be reading it! He is a fabulous character.

I am re-reading parts of and reading

I am listening to and

I'm so excited to start ... This just looks sexy!

I need to find a picture of Izzy Zanella for my review...

Yay for starting After Hours, Leea. I saw some dude by my son's school today who reminded me of the hero in this book. His arms were probably the size of my thighs. Hahha...definitely not my thing in real life but Cara McKenna knows how to write it so attractively and HOT. LOL

I finished Breaking the Rules and it was AWESOME!

I just wish, since it's the last one for now, that it had given us just a little more happy times in the end.

Kay, I'm having to put After Hours aside... i'm so sorry but I hope to read it next. Ohh, I love when I find real life men that match my book crushes... next time take a picture haha!

I'm putting it aside because i'm going to start which I won an ARC of. SO excited and hope to start soon.

Happy Friday Everyone... There is a big glass of wine in my future tonight and I cannot wait!

I'll be right there with you Leea (wine and reading the same book!)

No worries, Leea. I understand since you are picking up a Carolyn Crane book...I'll forgive you.

I'm a damn light weight so when I drink wine and try to read, I end up falling asleep or the lines start to blur and I have to set the book down. LOL

You have to pace yourself and make sure the hubby doesn't poor too heavy. Haha! Thanks for forgiving me this one time :)

Leea wrote: "Kay, I'm having to put After Hours aside... i'm so sorry but I hope to read it next. Ohh, I love when I find real life men that match my book crushes... next time take a picture haha!

I'm putting ..."

That look totally up my alley. Leea and Regina, let me know how you like it!

Regina wrote: "LOL Kay, very true.

Kay and Stacia to answer your question in the other thread, Stacia I don't think you did it wrong, Amazon just doesn't take the book back at all. I had a book on my kindle for..."

I need to read this Troubleshooters series. Should I start at the beginning or do you all have a fav later book that is a better place to start?

Regina always says that people should skip books 1 and 2, but I liked them. 3 is when the REALLY start getting good though. Some are better than others, which is pretty common for a longer series.

Tellulah wrote: "Leea wrote: "Kay, I'm having to put After Hours aside... i'm so sorry but I hope to read it next. Ohh, I love when I find real life men that match my book crushes... next time take a picture haha!
..."

Tellulah After Hours is so completely yummy. I loved it!

LOL, Wendy nailed it for me. I really liked 1 and 2 back when I first read them -- 10 years ago. But 1 and 2 are dated, I know Kay didn't like them at all. 3 is where the books get excellent.

See, I pay attention Regina! :)

Haha, I wondered about you Wendy! :D j/k

I think you should start at the beginning because it's the ground work for the series. You meet characters you'll know and love. Oh to be meeting all the Troubleshooter men and women for the first time. Have fune Tellulah.

I'm reading , a series I need to review and I'm also listening to . I can see why this book was groundbreaking.

I needed my dose of romance so I read , a HR novella by Courney Milan. She writes such great novellas! I don't know how she can fit in a good story in 80 pages.

It's so crazy that I've never heard of that Neal Schusterman series!

Leea wrote: "I think you should start at the beginning because it's the ground work for the series. You meet characters you'll know and love. Oh to be meeting all the Troubleshooter men and women for the firs..."

Thanks! I'm excited to have a new series to start!

Just rememeber that 1 and 2 are not representative of the series! :)

Regina wrote: "Just rememeber that 1 and 2 are not representative of the series! :)"

I'm thinking I'll start with 3.

Hahaha! Regina!

I'm on the second chapter of . So far I love the idea o women being the thief's.

I haven't been able to start it yet, hopefully tonight. Last night I just didn't *want* to read. It was so weird. Are you liking it?

I finished and I really liked it. It was really good. I'll probably rate it 4 stars.

I didn't "want" to read last night either. I drank too much wine so this morning I was forcing myself to read because it's baseball games all day... So far I like it, I just think it's building the story of the 'associates' that Cole works for/with and i'm sure the other men will be part of the next book if not this. It's sexy right from the start. I stopped at chap 3 because my dudes were hungry. Let me know how far you get.

I'm reading .

It's good, but I think I may have to take a Kristen Ashley break after this. I LOVED the Dream Man series, but the men in this series are seriously pissing me off.

Regina--are we still planning to buddy read ?

Angie wrote: "Regina--are we still planning to buddy read ?"

Yes -- I have three books I have to read this week - is next monday okay? 4/29? I really want to read this one.

Angie wrote: "I'm reading .

It's good, but I think I may have to take a Kristen Ashley break after this. I LOVED the Dream Man series, but the men in this series are seriously p..."

Curious as to why? I couldn't finish the first book b/c the man pissed me off, lol. Although I liked the writing and the style.

Leea wrote: "I didn't "want" to read last night either. I drank too much wine so this morning I was forcing myself to read because it's baseball games all day... So far I like it, I just think it's building the..."

Ooh! sounds great!

Leea wrote: "I'm so excited to start ... This just looks sexy!

I need to find a picture of Izzy Zanella for my review..."

Did you find one? I am at the part where Izzy takes down Greg at the hospital and then calmly deals with the situation after that - I love that scene. :)

That's a great scene. No, I haven't really had time to look and I also hate searching for things like "hot guy" haha!

LOL!

I LOVED that scene!! Izzy was so amazing and self assured with Ben!

Wendy F wrote: "It's so crazy that I've never heard of that Neal Schusterman series!"

It's a very old series...he's re-releasing them all in May.

The originals covers were scary ugly. He probably didn't sell ONE copy.

Huh... So strange. Is it good?

Pulled a DNF on . Everyone else seems to love the book but I found it too cheesy for my liking.

just finished reading Outside the Lines - its a women's list (kinda like Kirsten Hannah) about mental illness - really made me think

also finished up Hopeless

Stacia (and her imaginary friend) wrote: "Pulled a DNF on . Everyone else seems to love the book but I found it too cheesy for my liking."

Hmmm, I am going to skip this one then.

Regina wrote: "Tellulah wrote: "Leea wrote: "Kay, I'm having to put After Hours aside... i'm so sorry but I hope to read it next. Ohh, I love when I find real life men that match my book crushes... next time take..."

I'm with Regina. I didn't care for the first two in the series. To be honest, I'm not even sure why I read the third, but I'm glad I did. That's where the series really takes off.

Though I will say, the second should be skimmed through just for the Sam and Alyssa scenes.

Regina wrote: "Angie wrote: "Regina--are we still planning to buddy read ?"

Yes -- I have three books I have to read this week - is next monday okay? 4/29? I really want to read..."

Next Monday is fine. I have a bunch of books I can read between now and then.

Yes, Regina. I absolutely love Kristen Ashley's writing style. Spoilers for & : (view spoiler)[My biggest gripe is that when the heroine insists she needs space, the hero refuses to give it to her. And also, whenever the hero gets mad, once they make up, he tells her in a nutshell 'that's how I am. Now that you know, you can learn to deal with it.' Ummmm...what? How about--hey. Maybe I'll try not to be such a dick next time.

Despite those things, I do like the books, and it will probably only bring it down to four stars. It just gets a bit frustrating at times. Her freaking sex scenes singe right off the pages, though. (hide spoiler)]

Regina wrote: "Stacia (and her imaginary friend) wrote: "Pulled a DNF on . Everyone else seems to love the book but I found it too cheesy for my liking."

Hmmm, I am goin..."

It reads very formulaic CR, which doesn't help me, considering CR is often weak for me. This was only the twentieth time I've read one if those " oops, we got stuck sharing a room/bed" scenario.

Wendy F wrote: "Huh... So strange. Is it good?"

They're good so far. I don't think they would appeal to traditional YA readers because there's not a love triangle in sight and those kids are all outcasts in the first book. And when I say outcasts, I mean it (they have teenage issues multiplied by like a million). There are no 'beautiful but lonely girls attracting the bad boy in school.'

Well, I can say that wouldn't bother me, lol. I've read plenty of YA without a major romance, love triangle, or beautiful but lonely girls.

I'm starting . I was going to try and take a KA break, but it's just not going to happen.

reading Composing Myself (ARC from the author) - not bad as far and Shy - oy where to start - def. has some LOL moments